Meditation has come a long way from being reserved for monks, nuns, headstanding hermits and New Age hippies. Firmly planted in the secular world, it’s a part of 18 million Americans’ health and wellness programs.

In the past decades, scientific research has been piling up to demonstrate the mental, emotional and even physical benefits of meditation. It’s shown especially effective in the workplace, increasing productivity, alleviating stress and providing long-term boosts in focus and creativity.

Hours spent working on the computer are often the time we take the worst care of ourselves. We sit still until our bodies get stiff, slumping into poor posture that would give our mothers a heart attack if they saw. We eat junky snacks, forget to drink and even forget to blink enough.

All Google Chromes are equal, but some are more equal than others. Is your browser just a browser, or can it do your work for you?

If you use Chrome for your online work, you can probably get by with just the standard-issue browser, but you don’t have to. There’s a huge number of extensions available to turn your Chrome browser into an all-purpose productivity tool.

Some of the world’s greatest heroes have a surprising secret to success: failure.

As J.K. Rowling puts it, “Failure meant a stripping away of the inessential.”

Failing allows us to learn. It gives us the space to start fresh. It shows us what’s really important.

Really, the only way to fail is to quit. Winston Churchill once said that success is moving from failure to failure without losing enthusiasm. In this article, you’ll see how to do this, and how one Chrome extension for wellness can help.

How long can you sit and work with full efficiency?

Personally, I can’t stay in my seat without feeling restless for more than an hour.

Research (plus many people’s experience) has observed that people are the most effective at whatever they’re doing, from hitting home runs to writing computer code, when we access a special state of deep concentration.

This phenomenon is often called the “zone.” It’s like being in a flow where you stay focused without any effort, everything comes easy and there’s a special energy in everything you do. You’re engaged and enthusiastic about the task you have at hand.